Patch 3.1 will represent one of the most significant content patches to World of Warcraft to date. Major modifications to class specializations via the new dual spec feature will bring about significant game play changes for many classes, while the introduction of the Ulduar raid will open up a new and more difficult tier of raiding.
As more information is released about patch 3.1 we'll update this page. Check back often, and enjoy all the new content!
Table of Contents
Patch 3.1.1 Information
Blizzard Class Change Announcements
Detailed Analysis of the Class Changes
General Patch 3.1 Changes
Ulduar Information
Dual Spec Advice For Each Class
General Dual Spec Information
Older Patch 3.1 Information
Profession Information
PTR Information and Realm Updates
Patch Notes Archive
Podcasts
February 24th Coverage
February 24th is the day the Patch 3.1 PTR dropped. Listed below is all of our coverage that day, in chronological order.
February 25th - 27th Coverage
These days reflect the content published shortly after the initial launch of the Patch 3.1 PTR.
April 14th Coverage
These days reflect the content published during and immediately after the launch of Patch 3.1 to the live servers.
Image Galleries
Gallery: WoW 3.1 PTR: LFG 
Gallery: WoW 3.1 PTR: Colorblind mode 
Gallery: WoW 3.1 PTR: Joining Battlegrounds 
External Links
Change Log
4/14/09 5:10 p.m. EDT: Additional updates.
4/14/09 12:15 p.m. EDT: Updated today's information thus far.
4/13/09: Beginning patch 3.1 release update.
3/23/09: Cleared the updated log. Cleaned up and updated many parts of the guide.
2/05/09: Initial version
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As more information is released about patch 3.1 we'll update this page. Check back often, and enjoy all the new content!
Table of Contents
- Patch 3.1.1 Information
- Live Patch 3.1 Patch Notes
- Patch 3.1 download mirror
- PTR Patch 3.1 Patch Notes
- PTR Patch 3.1 Undocumented Changes
- Dual Specs
- General Patch 3.1 Changes
- PTR Patch 3.1 Patch Notes Archive
- Profession Information
- PTR (Public Test Realm) Information
- Ulduar
- Podcasts
- February 24th Coverage
- February 25th - 27th Coverage
- April 14th Coverage (Release Day)
- Image Galleries
- External Links
Patch 3.1.1 Information
- Patch Notes
- Bug Fix List
- Free Respecs
- Maintenance Announcement
- Patch Announcement
- Start of Arena Season 6
Blizzard Class Change Announcements
Detailed Analysis of the Class Changes
- Death Knight (Feb. 24th PTR Changes)
- Druid (Feb. 24th PTR Changes) (Undocumented changes & Glyphs)
- Hunter (Feb. 24th PTR Changes)
- Mage
- Paladin (Feb. 24th PTR Changes)
- Priest (Feb. 24th PTR Changes: Holy & Disc, Shadow)
- Rogue (Feb. 24th PTR Changes) (Undocumented Changes)
- Shaman (Feb. 24th PTR Changes) (Undocumented Changes)
- Warlock (Feb. 24th PTR Changes) (Undocumented Changes)
- Warrior (Feb. 24th PTR Changes) (Undocumented Changes)
- Patch 3.1 PTR build 9658 Warrior changes
- Patch 3.1 PTR Ulduar/Emblem of Conquest gear for Warriors
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors: PTR Arms
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Scarce Change on the PTR (Feb. 27th)
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors: You will be forced to conform
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Waiting for the Patch
General Patch 3.1 Changes
- See Also: Dual Specs
- See Also: Class Changes
- See Also: Ulduar
- AbleGamer talks to Blizzard about patch 3.1 accessibility
- Argent Tournament
- Additional details from Zarhym (Feb. 25th)
- Argent Tournament Announcement
- Argent Tournament Achievements
- Argent Tournament Dailies: A Chip Off the Ulduar Block
- Argent Tournament Dailies: Learning the Reins
- Argent Tournament Dailies: Jack Me Some Lumber
- Argent Tournament rewards found
- How to level up through the Argent Tournament
- Pictorial preview of the Argent Tournament
- Which city will you champion?
- Achievements & World Events
- An Immortal in Ulduar and other troublesome achievements
- Bornakk defends removing the drakes
- Brew of the Year removed from Brewmaster achievement
- Immortal clarifications by Bornakk
- New Children's Week content?
- New Noblegarden Achievements
- Noblegarden may get delayed
- Noblegarden extended to a week on the PTR
- Noblegarden will apply to What a Long, Strange Trip
- Plagued and Black Proto-drake rewards to be removed
- Ulduar achievements
- You may be a Love Fool after all
- Background downloader active for patch 3.1
- Dungeon maps on the patch 3.1 PTR
- Ghetto hearthing removed
- Ghostcrawler on the success of "bring the player not the class"
- Ghostcrawler on 3.1 healing team composition
- Is your guild prepared for Patch 3.1?
- Items
- Ammo changes MIA in the 3.1 PTR
- Blizzard honors Resto4Life with in-game item
- Emblems of Conquest gear up on the Patch 3.1 PTR
- Emblems to be easier to loot in patch 3.1
- Hearthstones down to 30 minute cooldown in patch 3.1
- How to decide who's getting Val'anyr
- Legendary mace coming in patch 3.1
- Level requirements changed on some enchants, items
- Patch 3.1 introduces new Kirin Tor rings
- PTR quests show hard-mode progression, Ulduar storyline, Val'anyr
- TCG Loot cards announced for Blood of Gladiators expansion
- TCG Loot cards available for testing on the Patch 3.1 PTR
- TCG Loot cards video for the Blood of Gladiators expansion
- Tier 8 Armor sets beginning to emerge
- Tier 8 Bonuses for Priests clarified
- Tier 8 Set bonuses hit the PTR
- Tier 8 Ulduar weapon models previewed, Val'anyr included
- Ulduar items and why they look the same
- Your own personal train wrecker
- Mana regeneration
- Mounts
- PvP
- Quests added to mob tooltips on the Patch 3.1 PTR
- Raid ID confirmation window in Patch 3.1
- Raid RX: Healing Ulduar and what to expect
- Secrets of Ulduar told in pictures
- Tom Chilton on what's coming in Patch 3.1
- User Interface
- Vanity Pets
- Where will you be when Patch 3.1 arrives?
- Wow, Casually: What Patch 3.1 means for the casual player
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Galleries: Equipment Manager, LFG, colorblind mode, joining battlegrounds
Ulduar Information
- Bornakk defends removing the drakes
- Datamined Ulduar boss information, with analysis
- Emblems of Conquest gear up on the Patch 3.1 PTR
- Full Tier 8 Armor sets beginning to emerge
- New Ulduar video from Blizzard
- Testing implementation and explanation
- Testing schedule now available (Latest testing schedule)
- Tier 8 preview video (another preview)
- Ulduar achievements
- Ulduar difficulty
- Ulduar EU preview
- Ulduar image gallery
- Ulduar in-game dungeon maps
- Ulduar items and why they look the same
- Ulduar maps aplenty
- Ulduar on the 3.1 PTR: Flame Levianthan
- Ulduar on the 3.1 PTR: Hodir
- Ulduar on the 3.1 PTR: Ignis the Furnance Master
- Ulduar on the 3.1 PTR: Iron Council
- Ulduar on the 3.1 PTR: Kologarn
- Ulduar revealed on full map
- Vehicles in Ulduar: A plea against
- Vehicles will scale with gear
- Wrath's current raids and their difficulty
- Yogg-Saron, Old God of Death speculation
Dual Spec Advice For Each Class
- Death Knight
- Druid
- Hunter
- Mage
- Paladin
- Priest (Shadow as a secondary spec)
- Rogue
- Shaman
- Warlock
- Warrior
General Dual Spec Information
- Ghostcrawler’s Implementation FAQ
- Dual specs and loot
- Dual specs and saving gold
- Dual specs at low levels
- Dual specs available at level 40, reagent requirement removed
- Dual specs currently cost 1000g
- Dual specs will not change design decisions
- Patch 3.1 Dual Spec walkthrough gallery
- Player reaction to dual specs
- Dual spec updates: November 13th, November 26th, December 8th February 5th
- General dual spec discussion
- Triple specs appear to be at least possible
- Who will dual specs benefit the most?
- Will dual specs affect your healing squad?
- Will dual specs eliminate the tank and healer shortage?
Older Patch 3.1 Information
- 3.1nticipation
- Fake, but good, patch notes
- Jeff Kaplan's initial announcement on the content of patch 3.1
- Looking forward to future patches
- Rumored interview with a Blizzard 3D modeler
- Who cares about 3.0.8, where's 3.1?
Profession Information
- Alchemy
- Cooking
- Engineering
- Fishing
- Inscription
- Insider Trader: All about Patch 3.1
- Insider Trader: Your livelihood after patch 3.1
- New profession recipes on the patch 3.1 PTR
- Patch 3.1 PTR build 9637 profession changes
PTR Information and Realm Updates
- PTR Status: PTR IS UP, as of Feb. 24th @ 4:15 a.m. EST
- General PTR Updates: Feb. 18th, Feb. 22nd, Feb. 23rd
- PTR character copying: Feb. 20th activation, Feb. 23rd update #1, Feb. 23rd update #2
- PTR forums: Feb. 20th activation
- How to be useful on the PTR
- Human Females trade faces on the PTR
- Introducing Ursula McWeaksauce and the Shirt of Uber
- WoW Patch 3.1 shuts down the Iron Council
Patch Notes Archive
- Current Patch Notes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Build 9626 v2 and Build 9637 Patch Notes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Build 9626 Patch Notes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Build 9614 Patch Notes
Podcasts
February 24th Coverage
February 24th is the day the Patch 3.1 PTR dropped. Listed below is all of our coverage that day, in chronological order.
- World of Warcraft 3.1 PTR Patch Notes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Shadow Priest changes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR is up!
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Holy and Disc Priest changes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Shaman changes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Warrior changes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Death Knight changes
- Dual specs currently cost 1000g
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Warlock changes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Druid changes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Paladin changes
- Undocumented changes in Patch 3.1 on the PTR
- Undocumented glyph changes in 3.1
- New pets and mounts found in the patch 3.1 files
- New profession recipes on the patch 3.1 PTR
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR: Shaman glyph and undocumented changes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR: Warrior glyph and undocumented changes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR: New Argent Tournament Achievements
- Legendary mace coming in patch 3.1
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR: New Noble Garden Achievements
- Dig Rate Strw easier to acquire in patch 3.1
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Galleries: Equipment Manager, LFG, colorblind mode, joining battlegrounds
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Rogue changes
- Dungeon maps on the patch 3.1 PTR
- Full Tier 8 Armor sets beginning to emerge
- Ghetto Hearthing removed in patch 3.1
- Dual specs available at level 40, reagent requirement removed
- Introducing Ursula McWeaksauce and the Shirt of Uber
- New TCG Loot cards announced for Blood of Gladiators expansion
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Hunter Changes
- Patch 3.1 introduces new Kirin Tor rings
- Patch 3.1 Dual Spec walkthrough gallery
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Paladin glyphs
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Death Knight glyphs and undocumented changes
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Warlock glyphs
February 25th - 27th Coverage
These days reflect the content published shortly after the initial launch of the Patch 3.1 PTR.
- Which city will you champion?
- Technical issues in Dalaran
- Encrypted Text: Patch 3.1 change analysis
- Tier 8 Ulduar weapon models previewed, Val'anyr included
- New Ulduar video from Blizzard
- Pictorial preview of the Argent Tournament
- Datamined Ulduar boss information, with analysis
- Ammo changes MIA in the 3.1 PTR
- Human Females trade faces on the PTR
- You may be a Love Fool after all
- Ghostcrawler defends Death Knight Howling Blast nerf
- Acquatic mounts and the next expansion
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR Druid glyphs and undocumented changes
- WoW Patch 3.1 Build 9626 Patch Notes Changes
- Your own personal train wrecker
- Argent Tournament rewards found
- Plagued and Black Proto-drake rewards to be removed
- Totem Talk: PTR Roundup
- Scattered Shots: Dual specs mean double the fun for hunters
- Video of the Blood of Gladiators TCG Loot
- Ulduar testing schedule now available
- Ulduar image gallery
- Hearthstones down to 30 minute cooldown in patch 3.1
- Ghostcrawler on the success of "bring the player not the class"
- Player reaction to dual specs
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Scarce Change on the PTR
- Ulduar on the 3.1 PTR: Hodir
- Raid ID confirmation window in patch 3.1
- Patch 3.1 PTR Preist glyph changes thus far
- Official patch notes update (Feb. 25th)
- WoW Patch 3.1 PTR: Swimming mount videos
- WoW Patch 3.1 shuts down the Iron Council
April 14th Coverage
These days reflect the content published during and immediately after the launch of Patch 3.1 to the live servers.
- Patch 3.1 Battleground queue updates
- Extended maintenance for Tuesday April 14th
- World of Warcraft Patch 3.1 Official Patch Notes
- Patch 3.1 confirmed for April 14th
- Changes in the Patch 3.1 live Patch Notes
- Dual Speccing in three easy steps
- Argent Tournament Dailies thus far
- Secrets of Ulduar told in pictures
- Breakfast Topic: Your most anticipated Patch 3.1 feature
- The awesome weapons of the argent tournament
- Patch 3.1 Secrets of Ulduar round up
- WoW Patch 3.1: Class changes round up
- Follow the patch day news as it happens with WoW Insider on Twitter
- Outfitter not discontinued after all
- Patch notes incorrect: Equipment Manager not going live
- Common updating and connection problems
- Patch 3.1 achievements round up
- Patch 3.1 user interface changes round up
- Badge purchases now refundable after two hours
- Patch 3.1 download mirror
- How to get the Turtle mount
Image Galleries
Gallery: WoW 3.1 PTR: Equipment Manager
Gallery: WoW 3.1 PTR: LFG
Gallery: WoW 3.1 PTR: Colorblind mode
Gallery: WoW 3.1 PTR: Joining Battlegrounds
External Links
- MMO-Champion's 3.1 class changes: Part I, Part II, Part III
- MMO-Champion's Patch 3.1 PTR Drop Day Coverage
- World of Raid's 3.1 class changes: Part I, Part II, Part III
- World of Raid's 3.1 PTR Coverage
- WoWWiki's Ulduar and Ulduar Raid information
- WoWWiki's Patch 3.1 information
Change Log
4/14/09 5:10 p.m. EDT: Additional updates.
4/14/09 12:15 p.m. EDT: Updated today's information thus far.
4/13/09: Beginning patch 3.1 release update.
3/23/09: Cleared the updated log. Cleaned up and updated many parts of the guide.
2/05/09: Initial version
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